Backward countries in Europe referred to Spain and Portugal in 15 century is completely nuts. In that century Spain and Portugal were way more advanced that En

Backward countries in Europe referred to Spain and Portugal in 15 century is completely nuts. In that century Spain and Portugal were way more advanced that England or any other part of Europe. For example, Cadiz or Cordoba were way richer than most cities in Europe. Spain forbid slavery in 1512 and declared all native people equal to Europeans. England by contrast only forbid slavery in 18XX, and only because they used it as an excuse to occupy and colonize Africa. You could not compare the West conquest of the US(and the extermination of the native population) at the end of 19th century, start of 20th century, with things like rail roads to the Spanish colonization that ended before industrialization. I only expect you not to be American, first because if you are you are probably over some land stolen and plundered from some native people, and second because it is the country that currently plunders and exploits other countries like Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya. You could say the same thing about the US today if you remove the illusion of success that means the petrodollar and the exploitation of the rest of the world that it represents.